Presto CD, Brahms (composer)
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedCharlotte Margiono (soprano), Rodney Gilfry (baritone)
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's performance is notable for its intensity and fervour, and for the superb singing of his choir: splendidly firm and secure attacks and phrasing, always with fine tonal quality, meticulous... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Brahms: Piano Concertos & Overtures
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedElizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Choral Performance
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Mozart & Brahms: Requiem
RecommendedNancy Argenta (soprano), Catherine Robbin (contralto), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Olaf Bär (baritone)
London Classical Players, Schütz Choir of London, Roger Norrington
this is an enjoyable traversal of the [Mozart Requiem] score, with plenty of character and many points of illumination. —
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Building a Library, February 2016, Also Recommended
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Brahms, Beethoven & Mozart: Clarinet Trios
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Richard Stolzman (clarinet), Emanuel Ax (piano)
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Building a Library, October 2020, Recommended Recording
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Building A Library, October 2023, Also recommended - Clarinet Trio
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Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52, etc.
Edith Mathis, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Wolfgang Sawallisch & Karl Engel
These delightful works will be eagerly snapped up by lovers of these seemingly simple but, in fact, quite complex settings for one, two or four voices.
The performances are thoroughly idiomatic,... —
